Re: [LAU] more machine issues

On Tue, 2008-11-25 at 17:18 -0500, Dave Phillips wrote:
> garry.ogle@email-addr-hidden wrote:
> > Dave Phillips wrote:
> >
> > > 1) The machine does not cleanly shut down with the rt kernel. The
> > system appears to go down, but the power light remains on and does not
> > turn off manually (this happens with the battery in or out). Any fix for
> > that ? I don't like having to switch off the power at the strip, I doubt
> > that it's good for the box.
> >
> > i can't help with your other questions but this could a consequence of
> > having the "acpi=off" and/or "noapic" set in your kernel bootloader
> > config.
> >
> > i don't remember which one disables the auto-power-off, but this is
> > definitely the observed behaviour on my box. i have to physically switch
> > it off after it shuts down.
> >
> > i set these boot options because they help with the way IRQs are
> > allocated, which in turn allows better real-time performance.
> >
> Hmm, so does that mean I have to live with the behavior ?

It could also be that there was a kernel oops or bug while the machine
was running that left it in a state where the kernel can't finish its
own shutdown, I've seen it happen.

-- Fernando

> Btw, I upgraded the GNOME Control Center, it no longer replaces my
> Fluxbox background. :)

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Received on Wed Nov 26 04:15:04 2008